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CPD MAIL – SEPTEMBER 2008

(200 points available + additional opportunities)

Welcome to the September edition of the IPM CPD Mail, the monthly one stop shop for all your CPD requirements. Published on the 3rd Monday of each month, the CPD Mail contains links to IPM accredited CPD resources as well as events, enabling you to accrue CPD points on a manageable month by month basis.

Each CPD mail contains links to exclusive new CPD opportunities, as well as a round up of other resources which you will have had chance to access already. We are currently allocating codes to all our resources on an ongoing basis (including the Journal of Place Management & Development and key readings), therefore each month the list of additional CPD opportunities will be added to. For details of how to bank your points, please refer to the bottom of this email.

THIS MONTH'S CPD OPPORTUNITIES

September's edition of the IPM Place Bulletin (60 points) is available online at:

http://files.placemanagement.org/newsletter/newsletter6/Front_page/newsletter.html

The Bulletin brings together news articles of particular interest to the place management industry plus all the latest updates from the Institute of Place Management.

This month's Bulletin includes news of a new PPS6 consultation, a report on Channel 4's 'Big Town Plan' programme, some dim news for the UK economy, part 2 of our special feature on the global oil crisis, some more environmental concern from China, and the reaction to
a report which claims that the majority of towns in northern England have lost their raison d'etre and should effectively give up the ghost!

In addition, we have a number of IPM updates, including news on an extension to the survey currently being conducted in Australia, some news concerning CPD, and a new Approved Partners showcase feature.

CODE: 842196
LINK: http://files.placemanagement.org/newsletter/newsletter6/Front_page/newsletter.html

CPD Mail Resource – English Heritage: 'Presenting Historic Places' (60 points available)

This Conservation Bulletin from English Heritage contains 52 pages of info, articles, and case studies on how to present/interpret/market historic places. Useful for anyone involved in the management of places with a historical background; it can be accessed at the English Heritage website via the link below.

CODE: 467582
LINK: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.11241

CPD Mail Resource – RUDI Conference 2008 (60 points available)

The Resource for the Urban Design Industry (RUDI) is an excellent website for information and resources concerning all things urban design. Their conference held earlier this year raised some pertinent issues concerning the role urban design plays in the success of our places. Stuart Reid, Director of sustainable transport and communities at MVA consultancy & Andrew Smith of London Analytics delivered a presentation which looked at the returns which can be gained from investment in the public realm. Their new study methods seek to answer three key questions; What is the business case for investment in street quality? Who benefits? And who pays?

CODE: 945186
LINK: http://www.rudi.net/pages/19830

RUDI Articles

Each month we will feature two short articles from RUDI. These easily digestable articles are ideal for those who wish to accrue points in a short amount of time.

CPD Mail Resource – RUDI article: ‘It may be award-winning, but does it work?’ (10 points available)

CODE: 893421
LINK: http://www.rudi.net/books/15705

CPD Mail Resource – RUDI article: 'The good, the bad and the ugly' (10 points available)

CODE: 295637
LINK: http://www.rudi.net/books/17095

ADDITIONAL CPD-MAIL OPPORTUNITIES

Key reading 1 (60 points available)

Growing sustainable consumption communities
Seyfang, G

CODE: 562893
LINK:http://files.placemanagement.org/upload//CPD_Mail_Sept_2008/key_reading_1.pdf

Key reading 2 (60 points available)

Enacting local economic development – theoretical and methodological challenges
Johannisson, B

CODE: 813295
LINK: http://files.placemanagement.org/upload//CPD_Mail_Sept_2008/key_reading_2.pdf

Journal of Place Management & Development Academic article (60 points available)

Professionalizing business district management for the twenty-first century
Ruffin, F.

CODE: 693421
LINK: http://files.placemanagement.org/upload//CPD_Mail_Sept_2008/fayth_ruffin_paper.pdf

Journal of Place Management & Development Practitioner article (60 points available)

Finding one’s place in the place management spectrum
Yanchula, J.

CODE: 793124
LINK: http://files.placemanagement.org/upload//CPD_Mail_Sept_2008/jim_yanchula_paper.pdf

RUDI Place Making Document

As an added feature of the CPD mail, each month we are offering CPD points for members wishing to read the RUDI produced document: ‘Place Making – Celebrating quality and innovation in urban life’ on a chapter by chapter basis. (60 points per month)

This month’s chapter is the second instalment, and is entitled ‘New Places, New Communities (pp. 14-37)

Members can locate the entire document via the link below, for members wishing to obtain a hard copy, please contact gareth@placemanagement.org who will arrange for a copy to be delivered to you free of charge.

CODE (for second chapter): 941792
LINK: http://files.placemanagement.org/upload/CPD_Mail_August_2008/RUDI_Place_Making.pdf

HOW TO BANK YOUR CPD POINTS

STEP 1 - To bank your CPD points, log in to the E-Academy area of www.placemanagement.org.

STEP 2 - Click the link on the left hand menu entitled ‘Bank your CPD’.

STEP 3 - To verify that the CPD activity being banked has been fulfilled, you will need to answer three set questions concerning the given CPD activity. You will be granted three opportunities to answer all three questions correctly, answer incorrectly three times and you will be blocked from banking points this CPD resource.

STEP 4 - If the CPD activity being banked is an event, you will also be requested to answer some short questions concerning the quality of the session itself.

CONTACT

If you have difficulty banking your CPD points, would like access to earlier CPD-Mails, or require further assistance, please contact Gareth Roberts (CPD administrator) at gareth@placemanagement.org or call +44 (0)161 247 3780.

Next months’ CPD mail will be sent out on Monday 20th October 2008.

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